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Witnesses say standoff was like war zone

Residents of a Dover neighborhood where a deadly standoff took place said Tuesday that it sounded like a war zone.

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Updated: 12:26 PM EDT Oct 1, 2013

Witnesses say standoff was like war zone

Residents of a Dover neighborhood where a deadly standoff took place said Tuesday that it sounded like a war zone.

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Updated: 12:26 PM EDT Oct 1, 2013

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WEBVTT ON THEM. HE IS NOW DEAD. RAY BREWER HAS MORE FROM WITNESSES WHO SAW ALL OF THIS PLAY OUT. MORE THAN 12 HOURS AFTER THE STANDOFF BEGAN, THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES INTO WHAT HAPPENED HERE IN DOVER. ONE RESIDENT WHO WAS HERE WHEN THE INCIDENT UNFOLDED SAID IT SOUNDED LIKE A WAR ZONE. JUST BEFORE NINE A CLOCK A.M., THE BODY OF A MAN INVOLVED IN THE SHOOTOUT WITH POLICE WAS WHEELED OUT OF ONE NORTHWAY CIRCLE IN DOVER. IT BEGAN WHEN A WOMAN CALLED POLICE AROUND 7:30 MONDAY NIGHT TO SAY SHE HAD BEEN ASSAULTED. POLICE ENTERED THE APARTMENT BUILDING. AT THAT TIME, AND MAN WAS ON HIS WAY TO THE DUMPSTER. WRECKS ALL OF A SUDDEN, I HEAR SHOTS FIRED. HE SAYS HE IMMEDIATELY LOOKED FOR COMFORT AND THEN HEARD WHAT SOUNDED LIKE AN EXCHANGE OF GUNFIRE. THAT WAS NOT FROM A CAR. IT SOUNDED LIKE IT WAS COMING FROM ALL OVER THE BUILDING. AFTER THAT , THE COP FIRED BACK. AS THE SWAT TEAM RESPONDED, MANY RESIDENTS FROM SURROUNDING APARTMENT BUILDINGS WERE EVACUATED. ONE RESIDENT WHO DID NOT HAVE TO LEAVE HIS BUILDING SAYS THE SHOTS CONTINUED. THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT, THERE MUST'VE BEEN AT EAST 10 SHOTS. THEN EARLY IN THE MORNING, HE CAME TO AN END. WHEN I HEARD THE LAST SET OF ROUNDS GOING OFF, IT WAS PROBABLY ABOUT FIVE SHOTS I HEARD. THEN I HEARD A MAN'S VOICE SCREAM OUT THAT HE HAD BEEN HIT. YOU CAN SEE EVIDENCE OF THE STANDOFF. THE WINDOWS OF THE SUSPECT'S APARTMENT BROKEN WERE THE POLICE FIRED GAS CANISTERS. AS FOR THE VICTIMS, POLICE SAID A WOMAN WHO CALLED THEM WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT OUT OF THE APARTMENT AND WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. AT THIS POINT, NO NAMES HAVE BEEN RELEASED HERE AT ONE PERSON

Witnesses say standoff was like war zone

Residents of a Dover neighborhood where a deadly standoff took place said Tuesday that it sounded like a war zone.